The thumb ring has long held a place in both functional history and modern symbolism. While today it might appear to be a simple accessory, its presence on the thumb rather than a more common finger ...

With the whirl of a thumb, Georgia Tech researchers have created technology that allows people to trace letters and numbers on their fingers and see the figures appear on a nearby computer screen. The ...

A thumb ring for controlling digital devices may seem like the latest in a long line of interface gimmicks, but there's method to this jewelry madness. The Fingersound ring developed by researchers at ...

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Skin to skin detection could mean a future Apple Ring can be controlled with the swipe of a thumb, plus it could spot when you're playing rock, paper, scissors. This newly-granted patent, ...

Prolo, a New York-based startup, has introduced the Prolo Ring, a wearable device that condenses a computer mouse into a ring. With this clever piece of technology, users are given full cursor control ...

Discover the hidden meanings behind each finger and what your rings say about you - from power and love to intuition and creativity. We all just sort of mindlessly wear rings without ever really ...